Kirby and The World Beyond is official: a new 3D adventure for Switch 2

Nintendo used its September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct to unveil Kirby and The World Beyond, a new action-adventure for Nintendo Switch 2 starring everyone’s favorite pink vacuum. It’s a fully 3D game, and Nintendo says it’s set to arrive in Spring 2027.

Nintendo Switch Online Download

The trailer fills in a little more than the announcement alone. Kirby gets pulled into a world beyond his own, King DeDeDe seems to be the one who helps kick the whole thing off, and Kirby isn’t traveling alone this time. He’s joined by a companion Nintendo still hasn’t identified.

From what Nintendo showed, this is a much bigger follow-up to Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The areas look wider and more layered, exploration seems a lot looser, and enough of it has that open-world feel that viewers were already calling it open-world-style before the Direct was even over. Copy abilities also look beefed up. One shot shows Kirby swinging an oversized sword that slices through enemies and even parts of the environment, opening hidden paths as he goes. In another quick moment, his silhouette looks a whole lot like Link from The Legend of Zelda, though Nintendo hasn’t said anything about a Zelda crossover.

If you were waiting for a bigger swing from the series before Kirby’s 35th anniversary rolls around in 2027, this looks like it might be it.

You can’t download Kirby and The World Beyond yet, but Nintendo has locked in a Spring 2027 release for Nintendo Switch 2.